Monster In the Closet

Wise Ones
Teach
that the
Deepest Wrestle
is not between
Good and Evil,
but rather
a Face-Off
between
Glowering Fear and
Grinning Love.

If Love is
The Light
that The Maker
used to Form
the Face of
The You
that Will
Forever Be,

How did
Fear
Sneak into
The Garden
of Delights,
sowing Weeds of
Fight and Flight?

I believe
It crept into
The Light
bearing
The Noxious Notion

That We Will
One Day
Cease to Be.

The Unholy
Dagger of Doubt
that The Maker
Holds us in
The Arms of Forever.

The Dread that
We have Waited
Too Long for
This or That,
Fear Masquerading
as Regret.

I Want
to Learn
to Live
in the Knowing
that

To Be
Is the Laughter
that can Vanquish
the Imaginary Monster
in the Closet of
Not to Be.

(Photo by David Brooke; UnSplash)